Curtain stretcher



March 23 1926.

G. J. GAHRING CURTAIN STRETCHER Filed July 17,

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT oFFi'c-E.

GEORGE .1. GABBINGLOI an: ironic, rnxas.

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a imation nice na -17, 1925. Serial m. 44,205.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Gnoncnil. GAHRING, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State ofTexas, has invented .new and usefullmprovements in Curtain Stretchers,of which the following. is a specification.

It is a purpose of the present invention to provide, in a curtainstretcher, a structure consisting of yery few parts including a tubularcasing (which acts as a member of a support. when the stretcher is inuse) which is adapted to receive the parts of the stretcherwhen not inuse, the whole'heing I in small compass, easily capable of storage ortransportation from one place to another.

Another'purpose 1s to provide, in a cur- "tain-stretcher, a containerorcasi'ng with. 20

when the otherrods act as" weights at the lower ends of the curtains, toinsure their stretching. T 7

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are-in no waylimitative'and that, while still keeping within the scope of theinvention, any desired'modifications'of T ments.

detail and desired pi'oportions may be made in the apparatus accordingto the circumstances.

The invention comprises further featuresand combinations of parts tobehereinaftershown in the drawings and set forth, claimed.

In thedrawings: .Figure '11s a view in perspective showing the improvedcurtain stretcher in use.

Figure 2 is a sectional view. through the easing or container, showingthe parts of the stretcher disassembled and. arranged within the 'casingwhich constitutes a storage t n r;

Figure 3 is across'sectional viewon line 33' of Figure 2.,"showing howthe-casing is ateach end divided into two compart I Figure 4 is asectional view on line 4 4' of Figure 3. V

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a casing which also constitutesa container for the several parts of the curtain stretcher, and 2denotes the. closures or casing heads wvhich are annularly recessedat'3, that is,

exteriorly on their margins, to provide for entering the ends of thecasing as in Figure 2. The opposite ends of the casing or container aredivided by partitions 4, dividing the casing orcontainer in -'two comartments Y 5 and 6, that is, at the "ends of t e casing.

The central portion of the casing only has the one compartment intowhich compartments merge. I

The partitions adjacent the ends of the casin or container arelongitudinally slotted, as at 7, for the purpose of receiving the boltsor screws 8. In fact,.th e heads of the bolts or screws are seated, andwelded or otherwise secured in the 'crotches of the slots 7 so as tohold them secure and rigid. The casing heads or closures 2 have centralopenthe end f ings 9 for the reception of the shanks of the bolts or'screws when the heads orclosures are engaged with the ends of thecasingor container. Supporting arms 10 are cons structed integrally with theclosures or casing heads and when the casing heads or' closures areconnected to the ends of the caslng or container, the supporting arms 10pass through and are located in the compartments I 1 Certain faces ofthe supporting arms, particularly their-faces whic are adjacent when thearms are arranged asin Figure 1. have cleats 11, the-upper edges-ofwhich are recessed or socketed, as at 12, for the rece tion .of the endsof curtain supporting ro s 13.

The rods 13 pass through the hems 14 at the tops of the curtains whileweighted rods 15 pass through the hems at the lower ends of thecurtains. These rods 13 and 15, when not. in'use and the curtainsupporting arms 10 arranged in the storage contaiher or casingl, arereceived "in the compartments 6, as shownclearlyin Figures 2 and. 3. g

"The supporting arms 10 at points where they are made integral with thecasing heads or closures 2 haveopeningslfi for the re-.

ceptionof the bolts or screws 8 when the supporting arms are disposed asin Figure 1, suitable wing nuts 17 bein engaged with the bolts or screws8-to holdt e arms against the opposite ends of the casingor container.

dition to their central openin The casing heads or closures'.2 have, ;inad- 9, opemngs 18 which receive suitable nails or similar supports 19when the casing heads are removed fromv the ends of the cylinder anddisposed as in Figure 1; In other words',;

1 the nails or supports 19 are driven into a suitable stationa I throughthe openings 1& and theirextremlcasing heads or closures.

support and then passed ties bent to preclude displacement of the Thepartitions 4;,are secured place by means of tongues 20 formed integrallyon them in the ends of the ca the curtains. therods 13 in t 1, smtable,nails-orother intothe side of -the the opposite on itudinal edges andwhich are enga ed an welded or otherwise secured in ongitudinal slots 21formed in the casing or container adjacent its opposite ends, that is,at diametrically OPPOSlt points; I The slots 21 extend, ongitudinallyand in order to arrange the partitions 4 in position, they are bowedsufiiciently to force ing or container, and when the tongues 20 areopposite the slots, the partitions are allowed to straighten out,allowing the tongues to sprin into the slots. In this way, the ton esmaybe held in the slots frictionally or ing out vof the partitions, orthey maybe 'welded or otherwise, permanently .fastened inplace.-

In the operation, the wing nuts are first removed from the ends of thecasing or container. The casing heads or closures are detached,theirarms 1 0 withdrawn from the casing allowing the arms to be placedas in Figure 1 so that the screws or bolts may pass through the openings16 in the arms-and e casing heads or closures, as m Figure 1.

After washing the curtains and theyare m y to be stretched "and dried,they are arranged as shown in Figure 1, asprevlously I stated, and thenit is essential to. use both to Windows;

pulling out the .mesh and downwardly, and themore the curtains themore-even they will hang when applied The hea -r.ods.at the bottomhemsof the curtains will-niaintainthe cur-' tically 'in, a small compass.

e to the s rin' u p g disposed laterallfi'i ting within t suspended, the"weighted rods.

I garage or house and then their exposed portions arepassed through theopenings-l8 of are pulled withouttearing, the better they are stretchedandtains substantially stretched. Itis essential to mount the stretcheren the side -of the garage or house or other. place of support where thecurtains willhave the sungpracthe entire time they are be1ng sti'etchedand dried. The curtains will straight, so that when they are hungatwmdows, they will ,hang straight. Should the curtains scallopedat teir lower ends instead of hemmed, temporary hems'mag be inade in thecurtainsto receive the wei ted rods 15. Upon an inspection of the ing,in connection with the abo'vie description, it is obvioushow the curtainstretcher may be taken down and its parts arranged in the casingorcontainer-for stora casing being small enoughto hold the The inventionhaving been setforth, what is claimed is:

1. A curtain stretcher comprising 8 0011",

tainer having removable container heads and curtain supporting armscarried by the .heads, and dis osable laterally of the container inparal elism, and means at the ends of the container .for. passingthrough the arms when removed from the container and tamer or throug theheads 2. The combination with the structure embodied in claim .1, ofsuspension rods for hperative mounting on the allelism for thesuspension of curtains.

3. In acurtain stretcher, the combination with a container havingpartitions at its opthe parts of the ends of the conwhen the arms 1arearranged within the container.

arms when. .in par-' posite ends dividing the container intolongitudinal compartments, container heads fite opposite ends of.thelcontamer and having arms carriedincertaln of said compartments,said container heads,v and arms being removable to dis ose "themlaterally of the container and adapted to be. stored, in the 9th ments,

P r ll l -means carried by the partitionsfand passing through the headsfor connectingth'e: latter to the ends of't'he container, uspen ion rodssaid armsfwhen the heads and the arms are disposed parallel,

Qp'arallel, and

and rods mounted across said arms, ing detachablyponnected', whereby thelatter may be stored insald casmg.

th'e'head securing means 1 V l pass ng through the arms when .thelattere heads upon a sta- 1 20 low ca sing, arms mountedjln parallelism on 1the ends oi said casing, A hands for pulling the curtains sidewise and 1the 531d; r sandarms be-" In testimony whereof he afliires signa Ill):

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